BEST FOR LAST: Our Favorite TED Talks on Education, Science and Art

Over at TTT headquarters, we've been geeking out over some incredibly funny, entertaining, insightful and inspiring TED Talks ranging in topics from education reform to scientific discovery. It would be bad form to keep these gems from our supporters, so here's a running list of our favorite Talks (some of which we’ve already shared). Trust us — you won't want to miss any of these.

"I think that this capacity to constantlysubvert our way of thinking about the worldmakes parasites amazing.They're constantly inviting us to look at the natural world sideways,and to ask if the behaviors we're seeing,whether they're simple and obviousor baffling and puzzling,are not the results of individualsacting through their own accordbut because they are being bentto the control of something else."

"Largely because of that visit [to the Pantheon],I came to understand that,contrary to what I was being told in school,the worlds of art and designwere not, in fact, incompatiblewith science and engineering.I realized, when combined,you could create things that were amazingthat couldn't be done in either domain alone."

"I watched the first people walk on the moonand to me, it was just an obvious thing:I want to somehow turn myself into that.But the real question is,how do you deal with the danger of itand the fear that comes from it?How do you deal with fear versus danger?"

In this awe-inspiring Talk (and most viewed TED Talk to date), educationalist Sir Ken Robinson gives some groundbreaking insight on why we should use creativity as a tool to turn education on its head — for the better. (19:24)

And this one is just pure fun. "Mathemagician" Arthur Benjamin gives an astounding performance that melds audience interaction and mathematical delight. (15:14)